Author: Hansen, William F., translator:
Title: Saxo Grammaticus & the Life of Hamlet: A Translation, History & Commentary
Description: Lincoln/London, University of Nebraska Press, 1983. orig.cloth. 23x15cm, xv,202,(4) pp, A translation of 'Gesta Danorum, Liber 3, VI-4, II.'. 4pp illustrations. Minor rubbing, VG. dustwrapper ¶ Contents: Translator's Introduction; The Hamlet Story; The Hero as Fool; Legend & Literature; The Shakespearean Transformation; Life of Hamlet; Commentary: The Sense of the Events; Appendix: Hamlet in Danish Annals & Chronicles; Appendix II: The First Hamlet Illustrations; Notes, Selected Bibliography.

Keywords: Scandinavian literature, Saxo Grammaticus, Medieval literature, Danish literature, Denmark, Hamlet legend, Shakespeare, ,